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Alliteration Tongue Twisters

Here are some fun tongue-twister examples. Try saying them quickly!
 Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peck of
pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
 A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook
cookies.
 Black bug bit a big black bear. But where is the big black bear that the big black
bug bit?
 Sheep should sleep in a shed.
 I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw.
 A big bug bit the little beetle but the little beetle bit the big bug back.
 Show Shawn Sharon's shabby shoes.
 How much wood would a woodchuck chuck; If a woodchuck would chuck wood?
A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck; If a woodchuck would
chuck wood.
 Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep. The seven silly sheep Silly Sally
shooed shilly-shallied south. These sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack

Alliteration in Names
Here are examples of alliteration in brand names and cartoon characters:
 Chuck E Cheese's
 Coca-Cola
 Donald Duck
 Dunkin' Donuts
 Krispy Kreme
 Mickey Mouse
 Peppa Pig
 Peter Parker
 Seattle Seahawks
 Spongebob Squarepants
 Teen Titans
 Wonder Woman
Examples of Assonance:
1. The light of the fire is a sight. (repetition of the long i sound)
2. Go slow over the road. (repetition of the long o sound)
3. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers (repetition of the short e and
long i sounds)
4. Sally sells sea shells beside the sea shore (repetition of the short e and
long e sounds)
5. Try as I might, the kite did not fly. (repetition of the long i sound
Examples of Anaphora:
1. I am awake. I am strong. I am ready.
2. Mom, we will not run. We will not scream. We will not be late.
Examples of Anaphora from Literature
1. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of
wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the
epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of
Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair." Charles
Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
2. There is a time for everything,and a season for every activity under the
heavens:a time to be born and a time to die,a time to plant and a time to
uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to
build,a time to weep and a time to laugh,a time to mourn and a time to
dance." Bible, Ecclesiastes 3

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